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Headscale

Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt

juanfont/headscale · alive · ★ 38.2k · last commit 1d ago · 132 open issues

License: BSD-3-Clause

Good fit for Teams that already love Tailscale UX but don't want a SaaS dependency.

Weak at No web admin UI in core — third-party UIs (headplane, headscale-ui) fill the gap.

In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli tailscale prints the Tailscale comparison table including Headscale. how the CLI works →

Replaces these SaaS

  • Tailscale · Mesh VPN / zero-config networking

    Stand up Headscale at a public hostname. On each Tailscale client: `tailscale up --login-server=https://your-headscale.example`. The clients stay the same; only the control server changes. ACL/SSO replacements need to be set up (Headscale supports OIDC).

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